Summer academic programs with an emphasis on writing

 

Thomson Peterson’s publishes Summer Opportunities for Kids and Teenagers in print and on the web. You can access a list of schools/ institutions/ camps that report that they offer writing in their summer programs here:

http://www.petersons.com/summerop/select/a7350se.asp

 

Porter Sargent also publishes guides to summer study: http://www.portersargent.com/

 

There are a bunch of links here: http://www.teenink.com/Summer/

 

Additionally, here are some specific schools that may offer summer writing programs for high school students (check individual sites for the most current information, scroll down for programs specifically focused on journalism):

 

Alfred University (NY) - http://www.alfred.edu/summer/camps/writing.cfm

Appel Farm (NJ) - Appel Farm Art/Music: http://www.appelfarm.org  (Ages 8½-17)

Bard College @ Simon's Rock - http://www.bard.edu/iwt/students/workshops/

Barnard (NY) - http://www.barnard.edu/pcp

Brandeis - http://www.brandeis.edu/summer/hs.php

Brown - http://www.brown.edu/scs/pre-college/

Bryn Mawr - http://www.brynmawr.edu/summerprograms/index.html

Boston University (MA) - http://www.bu.edu/summer/college_courses/writing/

California College of the Arts' (Oakland, CA) - http://www.cca.edu/academics/summer/precollege/index.php

Carleton College (MN) - http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/SAP/writing/

Choate Rosemary Hall - http://www.choate.edu/summerprograms/

Columbia College Chicago High School Summer Institute (IL) – http://www.colum.edu/Admissions/hssi.php

Columbia University (NY) - http://www.ce.columbia.edu/hs/about.cfm?PID=4

Cornell (NY) - http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/writing_focus.php

Denison University, The Jonathan R. Reynolds Young Writers Workshop  (OH) – http://freestyle.denison.edu:8080/academics/departments/english/writing_camp.html

Dickinson - discontinued

Duke - http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/youth/youngwriter/ and http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/youth/creativewriter/

Emerson - http://www.emerson.edu/ce/programs/Summer-Programs.cfm

Emerson School (CA) - http://emersonlearning.org/writingandcomputers.shtml

George Mason U Northern Va. Writing Project - http://www.nvwp.org/

Hollins University - http://www.hollins.edu/specprog/hollinsummer/holsum.htm

Idylwild Arts (CA) - http://www.idyllwildarts.org

Interlochen (MI) - http://www.interlochen.org/camp/summer_camp_programs/creative_writing

Johns Hopkins - http://www.jhu.edu/summer/

Kenyon (OH) -  http://www.kenyonreview.org/workshops/ywinfo.php

Kent School (CT) - http://www.writerscamp.org

Landmark College (VT) - http://www.landmark.edu/programs/summer/high_school_summer.cfm

Lewis & Clark - http://www.lclark.edu/org/firacres/

Miami University of Ohio - http://www.units.muohio.edu/jrscholars/

New England Young Writers' Conference at Middlebury College (VT) - https://seguecommunity.middlebury.edu/index.php?action=site&site=neywc

  (In May; application deadline is in November!)

Naropa - http://www.naropa.edu/swp/index.html

Northwestern High School Institute - www.northwestern.edu/nhsi

Pratt Institute Precollege Creative Writing Program (NY) - http://www.pratt.edu/ccps-precollege#

Putney School (VT) - www.putneyschool.org/summer

Rhodes College (TN) - http://www.rhodes.edu/writinginstitute/index.shtml

Sarah Lawrence (NY) - http://www.slc.edu/high-school/index.php

Sheila Morrison School (Ontario, Canada) - http://www.sheilamorrisonschool.com/hacadem.html

Simon's Rock/ Bard - http://www.bard.edu/iwt/students/workshops/

Skidmore - http://cms.skidmore.edu/odsp/programs/summer_term/index.cfm

Susquehanna University - http://www.susqu.edu/writers/HighSchoolStudents.htm

Towson University - http://www.towson.edu/mwp/sww.html

Tufts - http://www.tufts.edu/home/academics/?p=summer

U Iowa - http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/iswfest/ , http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eiyws/tableofcontents.htm

UPenn - http://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/highschool/summer

University of Virginia Young Writers' Workshop (VA) - http://fusion.web.virginia.edu/yww/index.cfm

UC Berkeley – Emerging Writer’s Institute - http://www.educationunlimited.com/camp/24/emerging-writers-institute.html

UC Santa Barbara - http://www.summer.ucsb.edu/

UCLA - http://www.summerfun.com/06h/index.php?pag=trip&co=summer&tid=1

University of Massachusetts Juniper Summer Writing Institute - http://www.umass.edu/juniperinstitute/youngwriters.html

U of Virginia Writers Workshop http://web.virginia.edu/yww/

Walnut Hill Summer Creative Writing Program (MA & the UK) - http://www.walnuthillarts.org/summer/creative_writing.html

Wolfeboro Camp School (NH) - http://www.wolfeboro.org/

Yale - http://www.yale.edu/summer/start/precollege.html

 

*OVERSEAS PROGRAMS*

 

Centauri Arts Camp  (Ontario, CANADA) http://www.centauri.on.ca  (Ages 9-18)

Oxford/Cambridge - http://www.britishcouncil.org/usa-education-prospective-students-high-school-summer-programs-2.htm

Paris American Academy - http://pariswritingworkshop.com/

Spoleto Study Abroad (Spoleto, ITALY) http://www.spoletostudyabroad.com Ages 15-19

Studio Art Centers (Florence, ITALY) http://www.saci-florence.org Ages 18-+

U of St Andrews-Writ (St Andrews, SCOTLAND)

                     http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/admissions/int/summerschools/creativewritingsummerprogramme/

 

*Selected Summer Programs in Journalism*

 

(See also the list here:  http://djnewspaperfund.dowjones.com/fund/hss_directory_listing.asp)

 

Asian American Journalists Association J Camp (CA) - http://www.aaja.org/programs/for_students/j_camp/

Boston University's Academy of Media Production - http://www.academyofmediaproduction.com/

California Scholastic Press Association Cal Poly Journalism Workshop (CA) - http://www.cspaworkshop.org/

Columbia Scholastic Press Association Summer Journalism Workshop (NY) - http://www.columbiauniversity.org/cu/cspa/docs/conventions-and-workshops/summer-workshop/index.html

Five Points (NY) - http://www.union.edu/fivepoints/academictracks/massmedia.html

Indiana University High School Journalism Institute (IN) - http://journalism.indiana.edu/programs/hsji/

Iowa Journalism and Yearbook Workshops (IA) - http://www.uiowa.edu/~journshp/

Kansas - http://www.journalism.ku.edu/kji/

University of Maryland's Summer Journalism Program - http://www.journalism.umd.edu/mspa/summer/index.html

Michigan Interscholastic Press Association Summer Journalism Workshop (MI)

North Carolina Scholastic Media Institute (NC) - http://www.ibiblio.org/ncsma/institute.html

Northwestern University Medill "Cherubs" (IL) - http://www.medillcherubs.org/

Carolina Journalism Institute (SC) - http://www.sc.edu/cmcis/so/cji/index.html

U of Florida Summer Journalism Institute (FL) - http://www.jou.ufl.edu/sji/

U of Mississippi Journalism Institute (MS) - http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/journalism/highschool.html

Virginia High School Journalism Camp (VA) - http://www.collegemedia.com/jcamp/